It's a Given

What happens when you're stuck inside your apartment for 4 days due to intense "blizzardy" snow that keeps you from going out?

You read scriptures and have awesome thoughts! :) 

 

Yesterday, as I was stuck in my apartment, I was studying the scriptures. And I randomly but perhaps not so randomly, came across a scripture in Psalms 36:3-9

3."Trust the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4.Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5.Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6.And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

7.Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

8.Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

9.For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth." 

SO! THIS IS AWESOME! WHY?? It's a pattern, or list, or whatever you want to call it. It's a "Cause and Effect" scripture! And this is just my take on it. So, this is what I thought of (going verse by verse):

3. When we trust the Lord, our physical needs will be met.

4. When we put our happiness and base our happiness on the Gospel and on the Savior, the desires of our hearts will be given to us. UNDERSTAND THOUGH, that may not mean, what we THINK we want, but rather, what the Lord KNOW we want, and what is BEST.

5. When we commit ourselves to the Lord, and set good righteous goals and commit ourselves to them the best that we can, the Lord makes those things that we want to accomplish achievable.

6. The Lord knows our actions, and he will bless us for our efforts.

7. When we have patience, that means to NOT FREAK OUT when things aren't happening the way that they should. We should be waiting on the Lord's time table, because he knows best.

8. Don't be angry when things aren't going the way that they should. If you are doing the previous mentioned things, and you are doing your best, there's not much you can do about it, and that just means that the Lord is leading you a different way. Keep up the good work.

9. As we do these things, we WILL be blessed.

The Lord always does His part, when we do ours.

It's a given.